The Herring Research Group
The Herring research group, also known as Porous Media for Climate Solutions, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville investigates how we can leverage geologic porous media to limit climate change and enable a green energy transition. Our research looks at:
- Optimizing geologic carbon sequestration technologies
- Mitigating risks of leakage of subsurface carbon storage
- Enhancing engineered carbon mineralization
- The potential of underground hydrogen storage as a high-capacity energy storage technology
We conduct experiments utilizing 3D-4D characterization of porous media, multiphase fluid configurations, and dissolved constituent concentration fields.
Anna Herring using a green laser to experiments.
A fluid flow network within a sandstone sample.
Assistant Professors Haochen Li and Anna Herring and graduate student Christopher Allison prepare for a particle image velocimetry experiment in the Water Infrastructure Lab
A green laser illuminates a bead pack as a dense laser-fluorescent solute moves downwards through the granular media.